Category Archives: Other

Commonwealth Partners (Resources and Co-operation)

October 12, 2011 – 5:47 pm

Commonwealth Partners (Resources and Co-operation) 4.30 pm Andrew Percy (Brigg and Goole) (Con): It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Robertson. The subject of this debate is sharing resources and co-operation with Commonwealth partners, which I feel passionate about. I do not think that, in recent years, this country has necessarily put [...]

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Conflict Prevention

June 21, 2011 – 5:28 pm

10.47 am The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (Mr Henry Bellingham): It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Turner. I thank my right hon. Friend the Member for Bermondsey and Old Southwark (Simon Hughes) for securing this important debate on the key issue of how we prevent conflict. [...]

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European Union (UK Permanent Representative)

May 10, 2011 – 6:39 pm

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (Mr Henry Bellingham): I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Clacton (Mr Carswell) on securing this Adjournment debate and bringing the issue before the House today. I also thank my hon. Friend the Member for Daventry (Chris Heaton-Harris), who has huge experience in all [...]

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Sierra Leone

May 10, 2011 – 6:36 pm

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (Mr Henry Bellingham): I congratulate my right hon. Friend the Member for Bermondsey and Old Southwark (Simon Hughes) on raising the issue of the relations between Britain and Sierra Leone, which is of great importance to his constituents. I understand that his constituency has one [...]

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David Kato: Homosexual Rights in Uganda

March 2, 2011 – 4:58 pm

Mr Jim Hood (in the Chair): Mr Speaker received a letter from an hon. Member who wants to speak, but her office was not advised that she needed the permission of the Member who initiated the debate and the Minister. Does the hon. Member have that permission? The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and [...]

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Third Parties (Rights Against Insurers) Bill [Lords]

March 23, 2010 – 5:50 pm

Mr. Henry Bellingham (North-West Norfolk) (Con): I join the Minister in paying tribute to the Law Commission for coming up with this Bill under the new, expedited procedure. Let me also declare an interest as a former practising barrister. I want to put on record my gratitude to the Minister for the way in which [...]

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